Using a chalky brush I created a dozen of quick thumbnails (Fig.03), the beast with the belly looked interesting to me, so I decided to detail it.

Before detailing the character I wanted to set-up the composition of the whole picture, So using the wide brush stokes I defined the composition and the space around the character. I wanted a simple fogy environment around the character in order to concentrate more on designing the beast itself. (Fig.04)

Fig. 04

After setting up the whole scene, I created a layer in an overlay mode and just introduced some of the colors. (Fig. 05)

(ID: 48283, pid: 0) Frank Voors on Wed, 17 August 2011 4:28pm You have a great sense of proportion and you seem to know pretty well how materials act in light and darkness.
Thanks you for your insights.
Frank